In my leadership unit in grade 9 health my students spent time reflecting on how
healthy decisions are important for a healthy future. In an effort to have students
dream positively for their futures, and really focus on the importance of healthy life
choices, I had them create vision boards. Students were encouraged to dream about
their visions for their futures and create a canvas that would display these future
visions. We talked a lot about how leaders spend time planning for the future they
want to have, and create visions and goals for getting to where they want to be in
life.

This module focuses on the many subtle ways artists convey meaning about the status of individuals in societies through their use of materials, techniques and images. Many of the earliest
societies and cultures have given us insights into their lives and traditions through their art works. Study art works from a variety of cultures and time periods, with a focus on class distinctions as evidenced in the works. Look at traditional symbols of power such as land and wealth, and move to more contemporary aspects such as knowledge and communication. Make comparisons between art works from a variety of cultures and time periods and your own.

Outcome: CP7.10
Create visual art works that express ideas about the importance of place (e.g., relationship to the land, local geology, region, urban/rural landscapes, and environment).

Study of the Canadian Group of Seven
Assignment
1. Students will do and oral presentation about their Group of Seven artist
- Points to include are who, what, where, when, style, types of art, favourite medium of art, how long he belonged to the group,
- Include at least three examples of their art work – books would be awesome (wheatland library, Rossville library, colour printouts from home)
2. Student will complete 2 replicas of their artist. These will be done with water colour, tempra, charcoal or pastel.
3. Students will be prepared to explain the importance of place as given in the above outcome.

The free art lessons on this site are designed for middle and high school students, beginning with art lesson plans for beginning students, through intermediate and advanced students. The lessons cover a wide range of topics in a variety of mediums.

Students learn the value of writing and art in science and engineering. They acquire vocabulary that is appropriate for explaining visual art and learn about visual design principles (contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity) and elements (lines, color, texture, shape, size, value and space) that are helpful when making visual aids. A PowerPoint(TM) presentation heightens students' awareness of the connection between art and engineering in order to improve the presentation of results, findings, concepts, information and prototype designs. Students also learn about the science and engineering research funding process that relies on effective proposal presentations, as well as some thermal conductivity / heat flow basics including the real-world example of a heat sink which prepares them for the associated activity in which they focus on creating diagrams to communicate their own collected experimental data.

Created by Arlene Low ( Learning Coach)Objectives:  Local and Regional CultureI Can use analytical and critical thought to respond to art works based on the many contexts of visual art at a local and regional culture level.I Can initiate and develop ideas for art-making, transpose these ideas into art forms using a variety of media, and reflect upon their processes and their completed works within the contexts of visual art.Personal Reflection of the Product

This is a one-page choice board with various visual arts projects (including links to full instructions), suitable for Grade 1 students in Saskatchewan.

This is a one-page choice board with various visual arts projects (including links to full instructions), suitable for Grade 2 students in Saskatchewan.

This is a one-page choice board with various visual arts projects (including links to full instructions), suitable for Grade 3 students in Saskatchewan.

This is a one-page choice board with various visual arts projects (including links to full instructions), suitable for Grade 4 students in Saskatchewan.

This is a one-page choice board with various visual arts projects (including links to full instructions), suitable for Grade 5 students in Saskatchewan. 

Be sure to check out these TED Ed videos on all things visual arts - right from "Why is the Mona Lisa so famous?" to "The Art of Folding Origami" and much more! You'll find something for all age groups!

Students recently studied a longer text and I wanted a cumulative project for them to demonstrate skills of Representing. I had seen a poster that showed paint chip colours to represent the highs and lows of parenting, with the emotional journey going from being a new parent to more experienced parent. I loved the idea of having to identify the changes of a person’s experience and represent it through colour, so we used that poster as inspiration for this project in ELA.
Students had to review the plot events of the movie, identify x number of specific events (we picked 21 so it was thorough), and then choose the colour they individually felt best represented how the character would have felt during that event. For example, at one point the character is accused of being a Communist sympathizer; students could have identified dark colours to relay the tension the character would have felt in that moment. Because students used an app for the project, they created unique colours, rather than just picking blue or yellow; their yellow was their own tone of yellow, so the individualization of each image is absolutely unique.

Visuals are provided for multiple intelligences (MI) and differentiating with MI, personalized learning & true colours (including a short quiz).

This graphic organizer is used for developing vocabulary. It includes:

Word/Part of Speech
Definition
Drawing or Symbol for the Word
Sentence

7-UP Vocabulary Challenge

Make learning new vocabulary into a challenge game and see what happens!

This is a quick and material-free way to engage students with words they are learning!

The “7-UP”catch …  Tell the students that they are going to play a game of “7-UP” with the vocabulary words.  Naturally they will be excited because it’s a “game”.  The goal is to use the word in a sentence.  The trick is that the sentence has to be at least 7 words.  When the students point out “That’s going to be hard!” respond by “challenging” write a sentence better than the one you write. They will immediately want to “beat” you for the BEST sentence.  After they have shared with a shoulder partner, they nominated 3 peers to read their sentence for the class.  Vote for the most phenomenal sentence using the word.

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Materials that can be used to teach vocabulary reading strategies in the classroom.

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